/*
 * Copyright 2008 Jens Meiss
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.googlecode.hmvc4gwt.client.module;

import com.google.gwt.core.client.EntryPoint;
import com.googlecode.hmvc4java.controller.IController;
import com.googlecode.hmvc4java.event.IEvent;

/**
 * This Interface defines an IModuleController and extends EntryPoint and
 * IControllerGWT. If you implement this Interface you get an hmvc4gwt
 * compatible EntryPoint implementation and so you can use the EntryPoint in the
 * HMVC hierarchy like any other component.
 * 
 * @author jens.meiss
 */
public interface IModuleController extends EntryPoint, IController {

	/**
	 * process the incoming events
	 */
	public void handleEventImpl(IEvent event);
	
	/**
	 * called to initialize the object, see IInitializeAble.init();
	 */
	public void initImpl();
	
	/**
	 * will be invoked if the Object should terminate
	 */
	public abstract void terminateImpl();
	
}
